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Mikal Gilmore is a Rolling Stone writer and the youngest brother of murderer Gary Gilmore, who became, in 1977, the first person to be executed in the United States after a 10-year hiatus, a case which was subsequently recounted in Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song. This brave and eloquent book is the story that only Mikal Gilmore knows: the violence in multiple generations of his family, what the Gilmore house was like as he was growing up, his relationship with his brother, and his experience of the dramatic events surrounding Gary Gilmore's determination to be executed as planned, without appeal. Shot in the Heart pulls off the rare feat of conveying intense emotion without sentimentality or self-pity. The author's struggle is to set himself apart from the lurid true-crime fraternity of his father and brothers yet remain able to understand why he feels both guilty and lonely over his exclusion from his family's violent history. --Fiona Webster
"One of the most beautifully written, moving nonfiction ooks published in the past five years." -- Deidre Donahue, USA Today.
"Remarkable, astonishing... Shot In The Heart reads like a combination of Brothers Karamazov and a series of Johnny Cash ballads... chilling, heartbreaking, and alarming." -- Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times.
"Mesmerizing... riveting and immensely moving... Shot In The Heart is a gesture of sustained courage that just happens to be a page-turner." -- Daphne Merkin,The New Yorker.
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. "Shot in the Heart (Paperback) In 1977 Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer of two young Mormons, was executed by firing squad. It was the first execution in the United States in over a decade and made headlines, in large part because Gilmore refused all appeals and essentially insisted that he be shot. Years later Gilmore's youngest brother, Mikal, recalls the visits he made to Gary in the days before his execution (the only significant time they spent with each other in their lives) and re-creates the history of an American family inextricably tied up with violence. Haunting, harrowing, and profoundly affecting, Shot in the Heart exposes and explores a dark vein of American life. ISBN: 9780385478007 Condition: Brand New, publisher overstock. Never read. Overstock book may have a small dot or line on the edge of the book. Free shipping with USPS Media Mail.". Seller Inventory # ABE-1642087643086
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